2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MO vs Clearfield, UT

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Highlights
- Clearfield spends 32.7% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 85.8% higher in Clearfield than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Clearfield had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOClearfield, UTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,577$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,168$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock99794573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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Reviews for Clearfield    3 Reviews

I am 65. I was born here and spent most of my life here. Don't bother! It wasn't always this way. But city government is a joke.....except when they have their hand out.  More

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Over 17 years ago

If you like small towns, this is the place for you, there is plenty of work, the growth here in the city is off the charts. On the other hand, if you are looking for  More

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Over 19 years ago

Very nice, peaceful town. A lot of Police! They are bored I think, they pull you over for going 2 miles over the speed  More

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